Picture-exhibitor



(No Modgl.) I A J. L. & P. W. BAS$ETT 8a A. HHUTGHINS.

PICTURE EXHIBITOR.

- No. 280,556. v Patented July 3, 1883.

worwsses; jw/uaztar- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J UDSON L. BASSETT,FRANKLIN V. BASSETT, AN D ALPHONSO E. HUTCHINS, OF COLDW'ATER, MICHIGAN.

PICTURE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,556, dated July 3,1883. Application filed November 2!), 1882. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JUDsoN L. Bassnrr, FRANKLIN W. BASSETT, andALPHONSOE. HUTOHINs, citizens of the United States, re-

siding at Goldwater, Branch county, Michiconstruction and novelarrangement of parts,

as will be hereinafter fully described, and par ticularly pointed out inthe claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, A designates a standfor the rotary cylinder, the saidcylinder 0 having its bear-' ings inthe vertical sides of an ornamental frame, B, the ornamentation formingno part of the invention, but being resorted to as a matter of taste.The cylinder 0 is octagonal or polygonal in form, and is provided withslideways Ffor the glass slides D, to which the photographs or views tobe exhibited are secured.

The photographs or views are to be secured 3,0 to the under faces of theglass slides D, in or der that they may be protected from dust when inplace in the slideways F. The journals of the cylinder are provided withhandpieces E, by which the cylinder 0 may be ro- 3 5 tated to expose anyone of its faces.

This device affords a very convenient means of exhibitingphotographic-and other views, and is, besides, an ornament to theparlor.

The glass slides may be removed and re 40 placed at pleasure by newviews or photographs.

Having thus fully described ourinvention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is 5 The combination, with the standA, having the frame B at its top, of the octagonal or polygonal cylinder0, provided with the removable glass slides D and the hand-pieces E,substantially as specified.

Titnesses:

A. T. LANPHERE, (J. 0. BROWN.

